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Court rejects UT plea to add rape attempt charge against former Haryana minister Sandeep Singh
A local court has dismissed a plea by the UT public prosecutor to frame charges under Section 376 read with Section 511 IPC (attempt to rape) against former Haryana minister Sandeep Singh. In the application, the state had sought to amend the charges framed against the former minister to include Section 376 IPC (attempt to rape) read with Sec

Government employees to be recruited in Himachal only after mandatory drug test
Himachal Chief Minister (CM) Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday said that, as part of its crackdown on the drug menace, the state government will make it mandatory for every candidate to undergo a drug test before being recruited for any government job. Addressing a press conference in Shimla, Sukhu said the state government will make drug test

Stop protecting bigwigs with safe seats while grassroots suffer, PKR leadership told
KOTA KINABALU (May 11): Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Tuaran chief Razeef Rakimin has called on the party to stop relying on shifting senior leaders to supposedly safe seats whenever support for the party weakens in certain constituencies. He said the party leadership must instead focus on strengthening strategy, and embrace internal reforms rat




